CVE-2003-0046

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2003-0046 · Published 19/02/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-0046 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting absolutetelnet (celestial software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.36%, higher than 29.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
absolutetelnet celestial_software	`= 2.11`	No fix yet

Description

AbsoluteTelnet SSH2 client does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.

References

marc.info
celestialsoftware.net/telnet/beta_software.html · Vendor Advisory
idefense.com/advisory/01.28.03.txt · Patch
osvdb.org/7686
securityfocus.com/bid/6725
securitytracker.com/id

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